GPA 2.5 \ 29 years old \ no experience \ no relevant degree \ Msc Fin?
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12 Feb 2016, 04:18
Hi all!
I see that everyone here has a GPA of 5 and want to go to HBS. Well this post is different..
I am 29 years old and I studied Hotel Management, something that I hated and never worked at. So my professional experience is in customer service (flight attendant). I had a short opportunity to work in Import\Export and long story short, I want to take a Masters (not MBA) degree in Finance.
I have everything stacked against me, like I have a crappy GPA, irrelevant non-mathy dgeree, no relevant work experience and I am 29 years old. I do have some decent scores on relevant subjects like Economics, Accounting etc. But those subjects are like 30% of the degree, all the rest is irrelevant bullstuff like "tourism management"... Oh and I speak Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and English if that is of any relevance for finance.
So, the question: Do you guys think that a good GMAT score would give me a chance to compete to like 200-100th ranked universities? Maybe 100-50th? I am using Financial Times, Shanghai and THE rankings. Im not considering any US colleges (no money for that anyways) And "good" GMAT score means like Q48+ V40. Or even that is not enough? I will have students with relevant mathy degrees competing with me, so what if even a very good GMAT is not enough to fight my disadvantage?
Another question, my age. This one is more a carreer advice, but do you think that with my age, 29, even if get enrolled in a 100th-ish university, I will be able to find a job in Finance? Cap. Markets for example? Or as a 2nd choice, corporate finance? I wil be graduating at like 31,32 years of age.. Or there are always opportunities for late startes in finance? The way I see the industry, it's extremly competetive and there is always a bunch of candidates for every opening.
Do you think that if I graduate at the top of the class I could stand any chance of making a career in Finance? Would a "second-league" university do it? Because obviously all top-25 etc colleges are light years away from me.
Thank you for your time ladies and gents!
Any help is appreciated!